Using water wisely

These are just a few tips to get you started with saving water around the home. For more, download one of our water saving brochures.

Saving water in the home

When you have a shower play your favourite song and try to finish by the time the song ends.

Install a AAA water efficient showerhead to reduce usage from 22 litres to nine litres a minute.

While brushing your teeth, wet your brush and fill a glass of water for rinsing. Don't leave the tap running!

Replace single flush toilets with a dual flush.

Check if your toilet is leaking by putting a little food colouring in the cistern. If the colour appears in the bowl without flushing, have the cistern repaired immediately. Leak testers are available from any Customer Service Centre.

Don't rinse dishes before loading them into your dishwasher. Use the rinse and hold setting and run the dishwasher with a full load on economy save options.

Rinse fruit and veggies in the sink, instead of under running water.

Use a front loading machine. When washing several loads, use the sudsaver option and always have a full load.